Mixed media lady bugs.

 

 

First grade (and a couple of Kindergarten classes) used paint, paper, scissors, glue, crayon to create these mixed media ladybugs. We discussed what a highlight was.  Basically it is the opposite of a shadow.  The students worked really hard on these, they acted like they were having fun or something.

Kindergarten SPACE.

 

Kindergarten learned about the Art element called "space".  So they drew a picture that showed they understood how to use up space on a piece of paper.  Oh, and the theme was....space.  On a side note, I do not post a ton of kindergarten art on here because we are doing a lot of activities that involve the Elements of Art rather than a nice polished, finished work of art.  Sometimes they end up with something that looks nice......and sometimes do not.   

Rainbow order.

 

Kindergarten learned the way of a glue stick and overlapped basic shapes in the rainbow order.  The rainbow is the key to color. 

Space and space.

Kindergarten learned about the Art Element of Space.  And of course we tied that into outer space as well.  Metallic crayons and black construction paper is all you need to teach the little students how to use their space.  I repeated the word "space" about five thousand times during this lesson!

The making of the bees video.

This is the short video that we put together while the busy bees were working.  It's funny because two of my own kiddos got a hold of the ipad and "video bombed" it in the end.  Kind of like "photo bomb" but with video instead.  I think kids these days are just naturally techno smart!

Texture bees.

Kindergarten learned about visual texture and used a sponge to paint this bad boy....I mean bee.  The students thought it was strange to paint with a sponge until they saw that it makes cool marks into the paper.  We tried to make them "fuzzy".

Ladybug time.

First grade and kindergarten did a oversized painting of a ladybug!  I figure if  we start some Spring projects now Spring will actually get here sooner.  We discussed how to paint shapes to make a picture.  I also tried to get the little students to understand what a highlight is.  Advanced I know.  These look great.  

More kindergarten zebras.

I just had to put more up....I just had too!

I Took Kindergarten to Africa (sort of).

My Kindergarten classes learned about Africa and Zebras and what their stripes are really used for.  They drew the body using basic shapes and then ripped paper to create the stripes.  They were a little confused on why I did not let them use scissors.  They then created a background through collage.

Clay Hands.

Kindergarten work with clay to create a hand print ornament for their family.  Your hand is only this big for so long you know!  They learned about what a slab is as well as the technique of scoring (which is basically scratching their name into clay here).